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JOHNNY HANRAHAN

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Johnny Hanrahan was a founder member and Artistic Director of Meridian Theatre Company, Cork. For Meridian, he has written numerous plays including 'Volpone', 'Lear' and 'Headroom' and has adapted Maria Edgeworth's 'Castle Rackrent' as well as Gogol's 'Government Inspector' ('Adios Amigos') and his classic short story, 'The Overcoat'. For the London Irish Festival 1991, Hanrahan wrote 'The Battle of Aughrim', and in 1992 he wrote a comic adaptation of 'Dracula' ('How's Your Blood Count') for Mickey O'Donoghue's New Vic Theatre, London. He has directed many of these productions, in some cases with his musical collaborator, John Browne. Johnny has also worked with Operating Theatre, The Ark, Passion Machine, Cork 2005 and the Everyman Palace. He is a former chair of Theatre Forum, a founder of Cork Arts Development Committee and The National Sculpture Factory and was a board member of Cork 2005. He lives in Cork.